Medical News

Health care workers vaccinated earlier in the season exhibited less flu-like symptoms and were less likely to lose working days. However, there are still misconceptions about flu shots that are preventing them from getti...

Liberia reported new cases of Ebola virus after almost being declared disease-free. The reemergence of the disease came right after the surveillance of about 160 possible Ebola contacts.

(American Association for Cancer Research) Improved screening and detection efforts, combined with decreases in risk factors like smoking, have reduced the incidence and mortality rates from several common types of cance...

Toxic stove fumes from indoor household air pollution are the leading cause of death for children under five.

Using antidepressants during pregnancy greatly increases the risk of autism, Professor Anick Bérard of the University of Montreal and its affiliated CHU Sainte-Justine children's hospital revealed today. Prof. Bérard, ...

Male infants have lesser volumes of grey matter making them at a higher risk of autism spectrum disorders than females. This may shed light in the reason why there are more males diagnosed with autism.

Spicy foods like red pepper and herbs like parsley contain a flavonoid called apigenin. Apigen shows promise in nerve formation and enhanced brain cell connections.

As Chipotle rolled out it new food safety program, the fast-casual chain got struck with more sick patrons. This time, norovirus was the culprit.

Stress is connected to the progression of mild cognitive impairment, which then increases the risks of developing later life Alzheimer's disease. Researchers found stress management can help defer or prevent the neurodeg...

A new gene therapy has been developed in which a virus is injected into a cancer cell. The technique causes the tumor cell to self-destruct, alerting the immune system to attack other cancer cells.

Patients and employees at a hospital in Northern California may have been exposed to tuberculosis. A nurse, who showed no symptom of the disease, was diagnosed of active TB and is now on leave.

A new remedy for hangover is just around the corner as a hangover clinic opens in Australia. They offer packages that include intravenous infusion and medications for headache and nausea.

Deaths linked to Alzheimer's disease are on the rise, but stress relief could help slow that. A drink or two might not be bad either.

(Elsevier Health Sciences) Vitamin D plays a crucial role in ensuring appropriate bone density. Active individuals who enjoy participating in higher impact activities may need to maintain higher vitamin D levels to reduc...

(Virginia Commonwealth University) The gene p53 has been described as the 'guardian of the genome' due to its prominent role in preventing genetic mutations. More than half of all cancers are thought to originate from p5...

(Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center (LA BioMed)) Researchers found the potent humanin analogue protected male germ cells, which are essential to fertility, and white blood cells, whic...

(Saint Louis University) More than 350 million people are chronically infected with the hepatitis B virus. Of those infected, up to 1.2 million die from liver failure and liver cancer each year.

(University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston) A team of researchers have discovered a new way for early detection of a potentially deadly fungal infection in patients with suppressed immune systems such as those bein...

(Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) Today, a team of researchers at CSHL describes in Nature Biotechnology their success in paradoxically inhibiting a process called NMD that cells have evolved to prevent imperfect proteins ...

(DOE/Los Alamos National Laboratory) Los Alamos National Laboratory's portable MRI was named one of the Top 10 Breakthroughs of the Year by Physics World, the member magazine of the Institute of Physics. Portable MRI, al...

(University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign) Journey of Hope, a program co-developed by U. of I. professor Tara Powell, is being used with Syrian refugee children and pilot-tested with US children living in poverty.

(University of Missouri-Columbia) Researchers at the University of Missouri have found that RNs are more likely than LPNs to identify high-risk medication discrepancies, suggesting RNs are better equipped to assess and i...